UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Guga buga Gugabe

I don’t think it’s a bad idea for him to fight JDM, he 95% getting slept early, but he’s not going to lose anything taking this fight, he only has stuff to gain, and in his next fight he fight a more realistic fight,

Also,fighting JDM give him a UFC contract and gets him paid

* Edited at 07.03.2023, 12:43 AM ET *

Tap prediction for Maddalena vs Harrell is kind of wild.

It really should be 99% with the 1% being dudes just picking it to laugh at everyone if Harrell actually figures out how to win

it could be 100% jdm and id be like yeah, true

Guram 

rip that man

I feel we should all take thia time to thank Josiah or whatever his name is.
He is being guppy fed to Jdm you need a willing victim. "This aint rome"

Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
Alexander Volkanovski, DEC
shud be islam 2

Moreno vs. Pantoja III
Alexandre Pantoja, SUB, R3
pointless rematch

Nickal vs. Gore
Bo Nickal, TKO, R1
thought we was wrasslin

Whittaker vs. Du Plessis
Robert Whittaker, TKO, R3
izzy matchmaking lets see

Hooker vs. Turner
Jalin Turner, TKO, R1
sleep

Lawler vs. Price
Niko Price, TKO, R2
dorito body

Ross vs. Aguilar
Jesus Aguilar, SUB, R3
size makes me guess

Jauregui vs. Gomes
Yazmin Jauregui, DEC
chicks a savage

Kirk vs. Ribovics
Kamuela Kirk, DEC
super fade ribovics wayyyyyyy less cage time

Petrino vs. Prachnio
Vitor Petrino, DEC
that william knight win ew

Crute vs. Menifield II
Alonzo Menifield, TKO, R1
no idea why crute signed up for this

Saaiman vs. Mitchell
Cameron Saaiman, SUB, R1
alaska fc nuff said

Cháirez vs. Taira
Tatsuro Taira, SUB, R2
not sold on the hype

Maddalena vs. Harrell
Jack Della Maddalena, DEC
one of those you tried but im just better fights

Bro said JDM decision

Jauregui vs. Gomes
Denise Gomes, DEC
I think she has the power and clinch ability to win. Worried about Yazmin volume.

Petrino vs. Prachnio
Vitor Petrino, TKO, R1
Might Be Decision

Kirk v Ribovic.

Initially I thought this might be a good dog spot with Kirk at +170. After reviewing tape all my old reservations about Kirk came back to the surface. I think he's very technically sound and he does things "correctly by the book". The problem is he is just an NPC in the octagon. He's just there to test the opponent a little bit before being beat so that they can be challenged just enough to feel great about the win.
I never see him go for anything against good opposition, he'll passively sit back and throw some feeler shots out there. The most impact he delivers is with knees to the midsection if an opponent walks into him. The danger there is that his takedown defense isn't very good so it leaves him exposed at the same time although he does have pretty good balance on his feet. I think his style of fighting might have to do with him having a pretty bad cardio that we've seen fail already in round 2 on a number of occasions. Typically unless the opponent also gasses bad Kirk vill lose if it goes much past the 1st round.

There are some excuses to be made, apparently he had a rib injury on contender series and his UFC debut against Makwan was on 3 weeks notice from when he last fought in the LFA. Still he just seems to fade pretty bad and he seems to take adversity pretty bad. He basically gave up on contender series and he's talked in interviews about how he had second thoughts about his career as a fighter around that time. As good as Fight Ready is, and I rate them one of the best gyms out there, I have to wonder if he needs someone to light a fire under his ass a bit, especially in the training. Maybe he needs that drill sergeant I'm not sure, but something has to change with his approach if he wants to have success. Every time I heard Brandon talk about Kamuela on the podcast with Santino it's about them being out partying in Las Vegas.

Ribovic is inexperienced having mostly fought on the Argentinian regionals. I really like what I've seen off him though. He is pretty much the opposite to Kirk when it comes to going for it. He will start fast and aggressively and he hung in there vs Loik in his UFC debut despite getting taken down a ton. He never stopped moving from the bottom and scrambled to get up again and again and didn't seem mentally affected at all either from getting wrestled or from eating bombs, trading right back with his own and hurting Loik at times and stealing the second round with it.
I think Kamuela might be sligthly more technically skilled but I don't know that he could have survived against Loik in that spot. I like Ribovic here, not at these odds but enough to fade Kirk that has to show me something new before I'd be willing to bet him against a hungry and tough guy with good cardio in Ribovic.

JDM decision. Makes sense.

Who are these guys? 

Also you saw that other guy?

Petrino decision against Prachnio and Denise Gomes decision are his picks of the card.

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* Edited at 07.03.2023, 3:56 AM ET *

I actually think there are a lot of new boxing fans or casuals who have come to MMA just making random picks on here

* Edited at 07.03.2023, 3:55 AM ET *

JDM needed a sacrifice for the MMA Gods. 

He got a hamster 🐹 

  edgar chairez vs.  tatsuro taira  after watching some film i wouldnt be shocked if  edgar  can win this one want to know what yall think tho

chairez usually cuts a **** ton of weight for a regularly scheduled bout at 125, now he has to cut weight down to 130 on a very short notice scheduled fight

i think chairez is going to look good for maybe half or 2/3rds of the 1st round then fall off a cliff as taira gets a takedown and advances to a dominant position. if chairez somehow survives r1 then r2 is going to be tragic because his lungs will be begging for air


overall though, chairez has what it takes to be in the ufc and I could see him racking up a couple of wins in the future against worse guys than taira and in matchups that favor him stylistically. let's not forget that this is the guy who gave clayton carpenter, a prospect who i value very highly, a lot of trouble in their dwcs fight - sadly this just happens to be a very ****** stylistic matchup for him and on a very short notice call

@NostradamusMMA 

 ya its a short notice fight for both them and  taira has been moved around a few times now card wise so how is he looking cut wise and what has it taken out of him.